... TO THlE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. | Edinburgh, 22d August 1846. SIR-In reading over the account of the proceedings of the meeting of farmers, corn merchants, and others, held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday the 19th instant, to consi- der the propriety of having enlarged accommodation for the grain market, I observe that the general feeling which prevail- ed, as reported in the ...

... Nl7abal Intellia-rence. POrtsraouth Aug. 20. ARvRIVtA OF TItC A'MERICA FROM THE PAO!5IC.-The America, t 'i Cpt ?? Johui Gordon at pithea yester- (ay morniny at nirie o'clock, saluting th~e fdag of the Couniniander; Ii-Chief. The Hon. Captain William Gordon (late Lord Iff the Admiralty) immilediately went off to her in the Port Admiral's yacht Mercury, and at one o'clock Captein John Gordon ...

... fl2T1ISI CORN TRAIDE DURING TIHE 1PAST WEEK. Since the beginning of te rmonth wc harve raletr had two dry days consecutivelyv and thle harvest in the norn', lla;, con- sequently, progressed very slowly. The repeated sihowers. ac- conmpanied as therl have been by a bhigh range of toniperature, must have done injurv to the ,grain in tile fields; and. it is, therefore, to be feared that the ...

... KIRKALDY CORN HARIUET-Aug. 15. Wemhad here to-day a moderate supply of WIseat. which met a good deml7and. Good qualities brought an adsvailce of 6d. to ls. per q~uarter-inferior same as last week. Of B&1l05 and Oats we had of each only two paLrcels, whlich wlere qu:ckly taken off according to quality, at fully last market day's prices. Wheat Barley I Oats Pease Beans. ?? Od I 3Cs Od i31s 6d _s ...

... f~ar ie 0. LONDON CO03N EXCKANGE-Aug. 10. The show of Wheat from Relit l VIS w lsoderate this mornin. .Nev, of which there xas a Lair proportirn, sold readily at fulcy the terms of this day sc-'nniglst. IJd WV heat Was nlat much inl- quired for, but previous prices wsere about suppourted. There was scarcely any Barley oftFering, aria in the absence of business quotations rema ined nominally ...

... INVE STMENTS. EDINTBURGH SHARE LIST. W Dnrnnar, AcornS 5, 1846 ' ?? Sales. Ondn.Deseptqio of Stok. Ps'L~ asat co- ji tattoo. On Change. Fer cent. Z ank5s. S 1aonk ?? tland ?? 100 106) 7172 100 8 12rktish Linen ?? LO0 200 2240 0 Csiedenlan Bank ?? 10 24 4 410 0 Citv or ilIac. Bank.. 10 1O0 13 15 0 o Lldcll ant. 20 10 13 10 0, C;ommercial nape 00 100 165 00, 0 8-tteri; baiL 25 10 11 0O0 o ...

... fRairgeto. LONDflN CORN EXCHANGE-u.&. 3. There was only a moderate show of Wheat from Kent this morning, a portion of which was of ths year's growrth. The qua- lity of the new was good; the red brought fromn 46s. to 4Ss. and the white fron 50s. to 54s. per quarter. Old wheat was very difficult of disposal, and must be (quoted Is. par quarter lower than on this day seennight. In earley there ...

... Nralial Entelliamer. Portsmouth, August 2. The Athol troop ship, Master Commander Fearn, arrived this morning at Spithead, from the West Indies, wvith military in- valids from the regiments serving on that station. She left Halifax on the 23d of June, and Bermuda on the 11th Ult. The Constance, 50, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, and the Eurydice, 26, Captain George Elliot, sailed this morning for ...

... DUNBlAsR, August 15.-The fishing during tile week has been good, and although none of the shots exceeded from 30 to 35 crans, yet it was regular and remunerating. The latest selling price was 12s. a cran, at which both ctrers and cadgers wvere freely buying. RAILWAY TaaFrsc.-From Dlunbar last week the carriage expenses for fish alone was above L.100 to the North British Raiiwav. BEawcK-The ...

... ; esunarions GENERAL Poe OFFiCE, Au-. 24. E Desi ?? a ~ Mails ed ' de ais Lst Packets Next Packs;!4 Idspatched 1 from London. I~Sailed. Due. : - ~ ~ ~roiouo. j STATIN.. *LisbonMadeira ' , a , (via Lis'o), 2, 7thand: pac? , Rqal Ta', SpainGbral every month. l. Aug. 26. Mtalta, 'Greece , 4 *1oz. Islands, ld &1 S20th f rienet al. f Egypt, Ceylon. I every month. A ug 20. ! lndia, & Chiaai British ...

... SbUlptniff Intelit(jenice. SOUND INTELLIGENCE. Aug. 4. Concordia, Schultz, Leith, Baltic-5. Hope, Taylor, Pillau, Hull-Paul, Pust, and Eiche, Heeren, Dantzic, Leith- Clara. Lernbke, do. Perth-Speculation. Dannenberg, Dantzic, Leith-Fortitude, Richardson, Newcastle, Copenhagen-Liberty. Stark, Inverkeithing, Cronstadt. Wiinds at Elsinore-Aug. 4. N. S.-5. SE. S. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Gravesend, ...

... er The fullowing letter has been addressed to Lord John Bus- sell by Mr Grantley Berkeley, M .p on the subject of his present a- propositions regarding the sugar duties:- of My LORD-In this crisis of colonial affairs, the conduct of al the Government being again vested in the leader under whom i- we achieved that which should have been a wvide and general kg blessing-the abolition of slavery-I ...